2009 Pontiac G5 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2009 Pontiac G5. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Fleet Vehicle Recall Completion Audit
  Audit Query AQ10001 · opened Nov 18, 2010 · closed Dec 28, 2015

  On November 18, 2010, NHTSA's Recall Management Division (RMD) opened an audit query (AQ10-001) to investigate recall remedy completion by rental car companies on safety recall campaigns.It was expected to provide the agency an indication of how completely and how quickly rental car fleets perform necessary recall-rela…

• Electric Power Steering Failure
  Preliminary Evaluation PE10005 · opened Jan 27, 2010 · closed Jul 19, 2010 · led to recall 10V073000

  In a March 1, 2010 letter, General Motors Corporation (GM) provided a defect information report to NHTSA regarding a problem that could result in sudden loss of power steering assist in certain model year (MY) 2005 through 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt and MY 2007 through 2010 Pontiac G5 vehicles equipped with electric power s…